POI help needed for a Garmin newbie please

[tonygold]

just getting my nuvi 2508 up and running having only had tomtoms before.
i have got my custom poi 'customer' database on the unit (i think) having converted it to .csv from .ov2 although not sure if the .bmp have transferred over as well?
anyhow my questions are:
1. with tomtom poi if i attended a new customer i could tap on my device and add this customer to my unit's 'customer' poi category by using add poi and tapping my location. i cannot see how to do similar with the garmin. could someone enlighten me how to add extra poi's to existing categories on the garmin unit please directly on the road so to speak.

2. having installed (i think!) the pgpsw camera database how do i remove the built in garmin ones to stop them duplicating the warnings.

3. could someone explain how i can disable the annoying restaurant and atm etc built in poi icons from displaying constantly on the map whilst driving along.

4. how do you do a full windows backup of this device please?

many thanks in advance.

[sussamb]

1. Are you confusing terminology? I think TT use 'POI' where Garmin use 'Favorites'. If I misunderstand you I apologise. To add a location just tap the screen to enter browse mode, then tap again and a flag should appear. Tap the flag and the address will come p, to save it tap the 3 bar icon top left then Save.

2. To delete the Garmin ones connect to PC and delete them from the POI folder.

3. Settings, Map and Vehicle, Map Layers, untick 'Places along the road'

4. Set your 2508 to mass storage mode:

1. Start NUVI by itself and go to Volume Screen.
2. Press the upper right hand corner of screen for 10 seconds.
3. The Developers Screen will pop up
4. Scroll down to MTP SETTINGS
5. Change from AUTO DETECT to MASS STORAGE
6. Shut down NUVI and connect to PC
7. It should now connect in mass storage mode.

As an alternative to step 1 above, you can bring up the Nuvi's "dashboard" screen, then press and hold the speedometer for about 10 seconds to access the developer screen.

Set Windows to show hidden AND system files. Now all your nuvi should be visible including the important .system folder. Just drag and drop the lot to wherever you want to save it.

[tonygold]

Many thanks for your reply.
I thought garmin also referred to custom poi's.
1. Basically if I want to add to this custom category whist in the car how do I add a new place to this category. On tomtom you could go to settings- manage poi- add poi ( then select your poi category and then select your present location. You could then name that location whatever you wanted and it would be saved in your custom poi's.
2. When you explain how to remove the restaurant icons from the screen does that also remove all the other icons (petrol stations, ATMs etc) as I would like to keep some on there I just want to be able to choose which ones?
Again thanks for your help and patience.

[sussamb]

First 2.

To customise Up Ahead just tap one of them, then hit the spanner icon that appears top left.

Now 1.

Garmin has both POIs and Favourites. POIs though are either part of the map data or loaded as separate files, for example the PGPSW speed camera files.

Places you simply enter appear in Favourites, you should see that listed when you tap Where to, they appear in the middle right of the screen. To save your present location tap the icon that represents your position. A page will come up stating where you are, and the nearest hospitals, police stations etc. Tap the save icon and that will save it. Enter a name and it will be added to favorites. To edit it, for example to assign it to a category, it's the same as all favourites, select it in Favourites, tap the i icon, then the 3 bar icon top left.

[tonygold]

many thanks again for the tips.
i will give that a go when out today. would you know if i need .wav or .mp3 camera voice alert pack for this device?

[sussamb]

Sorry, I never bother with the voice packs.

[wibbley]

I also moved from TT to Garmin. What a disaster. However as TT no longer allows custom POIs, for those of us that use custom POIs, we have no choice other than garmin.

TT allowed you to select which of the added custom POIs appear on the map, with garmin, it is all or nothing. If you want your custom POIs displayed on the map, you also have to put up with it showing the ones garmin insist we also see, knives & forks, petrol stations, macdonalds etc.

I have mucked about with 'up ahead' and tried setting them to obscure items, in an effort to loose macdonalds, knives & forks etc, but to no avail.

There is no way to add a new custom poi location to a poi category, the only way is to add it manually to the csv file and then reload the POIs onto the garmin.

Yeah adding favourites to the garmin is a pain too, just not intuitive. same as trying to view the map, one has to poke the top of the screen, then the three bars on the left then select map! It is the same with trying to do anything with the garmin, it is just such a pain compared to a TT.

Also with TT you could easily select quickest, shortest, limited speed route for each journey (sometimes nice to take the 'shortest' scenic route) with garmin, I can find no way of (easily) doing this without having to about with the settings before each journey.

If anybody could tell me how to 'not avoid road closed' on the garmin? I would be grateful.
The A322 in Woking is closed & the diversion route is fine, no hold up at all, however garmin insists on routing me miles out of the way, via Guildford & the A3 to get back to the M25.

The plus points of the garmin of course are the lane assist, fantastic in the Wandsworth one way system and the junction pictures for motorways.

[M8TJT]

[wibbley]

Yeah but I am not very clever

I have looked at the cheapies on ebay, have thought about getting one to play with, but they seem too cheap, how can they offer lifetime map updates at that price?

I do like the traffic, it quite often saves me joining a blocked M25.

I think we need Sussamb to give us a masterclass on using garmin sat navs. I have been trying to work out how to add favourites to mine (TT is so easy) but not been brave enough to ask (see first line above)

[M8TJT]

[sussamb]

[sussamb]

[Kremmen]

I was also affected by the closure of the A320, past McLarens near Woking down to Ottershaw and even the local diversion boards were not the best route but they had to cater for HGV's etc.
I had to do some local homework and decided on the route past Fairoaks and down Phillpot lane to be the best.

I can understand how SatNavs can't be this precise. Once you do take a diversion they do soon seem to realise where you are and offer better solutions.

Reading above I was not aware that TomTom had stoped allowing custom POI's - so no more OV2 safety cameras ?
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